NEW: Dan Bongino confronted Pam Bondi over Epstein files: report

UPDATE: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is reportedly considering resigning from his role after fallout from the Epstein files, and it will come down to either him or Attorney General Pam Bondi leaving the administration, according to The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan. 

This comes after there was a reported clash between Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi. Olohan wrote on X, “Source close to Dan Bongino tells me it’s either him or Pam Bondi, and that he won’t stay at FBI if she stays at DOJ.” 

Original story below: 

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino reportedly clashed with Attorney Genral Pam Bondi over the handling of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein. This comes after the DOJ concluded in a memo that there was no infamous "client list" for Epstein and that he did not blackmail elite individuals.

First reported by Laura Loomer, sources familiar with the matter told her that Bongino took the day off from work in frustration with Bondi after clashing with the AG over the handling of the files. Loomer then added, "I’m told Kash and Bongino are furious with Bondi and the blowback she has caused them with her lack of transparency."

The incident, later reported on by Axios, led some people around the situation to believe he has quit his job, but he is still officially in his role.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche weighed in on the reported incident, writing in a statement on X, "I worked closely with Kash Patel and Dan Bongino on the joint FBI and DOJ memo regarding the Epstein Files. All of us signed off on the contents of the memo and the conclusions stated in the memo. The suggestion by anyone that there was any daylight between the FBI and DOJ leadership on this memo’s composition and release is patently false."

The DOJ memo stated the disgraced financier killed himself in his prison cell in 2019 despite the many theories surrounding his death, and that there was no incriminating client list.  

It stated that video taken from camera around his jail cell supported the ruling of his death being a suicide. "The FBI enhanced the relevant footage by increasing its contrast, balancing the color, and improving its sharpness for greater clarity and viewability," the memo stated. 

The DOJ found "no incriminating 'client list'" of Epstein's, "no credible evidence ... that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals," as well as no "evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

Since the memo became public after being leaked to Axios, there has been some backlash against the DOJ and FBI, alleging that the agencies have not been fully transparent in what has been released about the Epstein case.